Tagged Scott of the Antarctic

Captain Lawrence Oates’ position as the undisputed ideal of understated British self-sacrifice has come under threat, as historians have unearthed research suggesting that he in fact abandoned his dying companions in a blizzard-whipped tent for a pina colada in the local gay Antarctic spa, [read...]

The Duke of Edinburgh has been applauded by spectators as he walked 400m to church for a New Year’s Day service in a tribute to Scott of the Antarctic. He had earlier told his butler that he was ‘just going outside, [read...]